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Those who were making most of the money—the so-called robber barons—became the object of publisher Joseph Pulitzer’s editorial contempt for their not funding the long-delayed pedestal upon which the large lady was to stand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

As early as 1859 the New York Times associated Cornelius Vanderbilt with the idea of the medieval robber baron, thus tarnishing the image of the country’s biggest shipowner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

"It needs to be nipped in the bud because today's petty thief is tomorrow's bank robber," he says.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Arguing over the name of a great train robber, in the midst of more serious business, Debbie and William slide into what amounts to an Abbott and Costello routine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Finn hadn’t even had a chance to tell Chess or Emma about Tyrell saying Mom was a bank robber.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said Botezatu was smoking with a friend near to his car when the robbers approached.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It’s a case about how cops use peoples’ private digital data to catch robbers.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

On the available training data, "we average less than one percent errors," Van Calster said -- although "there's a kind of cops and robbers race that's never going to stop" as the fakers' technology improves.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Until then, we’ll have to endure him playing a few more rounds of cops and robbers.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Tom became increasingly adept at dealing with what he called “rascality”: cow rustlers, horse thieves, scalawags, pimps, rumrunners, stagecoach robbers, desperadoes, and other human transgressors.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann